Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Attorney General Greg Abbott will headline an event at the state Capitol on Saturday.

Also appearing are the Roman Catholic Bishop of Austin, Joe Vasquez, and Texas Alliance for Life Executive Director Joe Pojman.

Organizers expect thousands for the rally, which will be proceeded by a short march.

The event comes a day after a rally at the National Mall in Washington that featured former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum. Like Perry, Santorum unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion.

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The last sentence in this article states it all. Abortion in America is legal as decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision on whether or not a woman obtains an abortion should be the womans choice and no politician especially a stupid politician should be involved.

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

Just because a few idiots (supreme court) says something is legal doesn't make it right. Once you die you will know pretty soon that your body didn't actually belong to you. It belongs to GOD. By that time it will be too late for ya'll. Fear not I shall continue to pray for lost souls like yourselves.

Just wondering how you feel about the death penalty, war, and civilians killed in war? Especially little kids. Let us know. Reminder - some of our biggest industries are involved in making weapons the tools to kill people

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

"How do you feel about giving taxpayer paid for contraceptives of their choice to young women, including those under 18, who have reached reproductive maturity, and providing them with the education to help them make responsible choices with regard to their sexuality?"

Your arguments are religiously based, and I have heard many who sound like you object to even employers being forced to provide free contraception under their health plans. These objections are also based upon religious beliefs similar to yours.

Y'all are a Hel of a lot more into regulation of women and their health/reproductive choices than y'all are about gun and financial regulation.

There's more of a right to carry firearms and rip people off than there is for women deciding if they want to undergo the risks of pregnancy and childbirth or not?

Oops. That's another question. Not to worry. It was rhetorical anyway. I think I already know what the answer is.

"There's more of a right to carry firearms and rip people off than there is for women deciding if they want to undergo the risks of pregnancy and childbirth or not?"

Here is a radical thought..............use contraception, or better still, if you are that worried about it, do not do it! That way you do not open yourself to the risks and you do not expect others to pay for your decision later on, or end a life because its inconvenient to your career path!

"I agree with your post, but I would add "male" between "stupid" and "politician". When men get pregnant, they can make their own choices,"

And when women accept that all future payments, and bills for children they feel they should not abort, (give up that nice little 18 year pay check),the payment for the abortion etc., is theirs and theirs alone,not the man's, not the tax payers, then I agree, men should have no say at all!

God will judge for abortion. It is murder, science now proves that. Do a google search for pictures of preborn babies, and you will see pictures of little babies sucking their thumbs. It is not a choice, it is murder, and God will judge.

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

When men face the same risks and pain in pregnancy, labor and childbirth that women do, they can be part of the discussion.

When we educate young women, and provide them with contraception that best fits their particular needs, we can blame them for the decisions they make. As long as they are kept ignorant, and refused the contraception they need, it is hard to blame them for their mistakes.

Unfortunately, the same folks who are against abortion, are also against preventative measures to reduce the need for abortion.

I can't tell you how thrilled I would be if unwanted pregnancies and abortions ceased to exist. I love women, I love pregnant women, and I love babies.

I'm just a dude, and though I was involved in an unplanned pregnancy, I am still just a dude, so I supported the mother's decisions in that situation, as I support every woman's right to make decisions in those types of situations.

Just as an aside to servessomebodybutnotJC, there's really no explicit biblical support for your positions, so even if everyone who was involved in an abortion was Christian, I don't think that they would have to take your statements, or prayers into account when making decisions about things like abortion.

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

How about a legal contract be signed when the pregnancy is discovered. In it, the father would agree to undergo a male equivalent of pregnancy to make things fairer?

There would be choices. To achieve the weight gain, he could be force fed, or he could live with an increasingly heavy weight strapped on just below the stomach. That might be better, because, if he has to take Ipecac to vomit like the mother, force feeding would probably be ineffective.

Not sure how to mimic the impact of the growth of the fetus on internal organs. Maybe some balloons could be surgically implanted and, as the months go on, the balloons could be inflated so that the stomach and lungs are pressed upward, and the bladder is squeezed downward. Don't worry about problems with inserting the balloons and inflating them though. I doubt that the risks will be any higher than being pregnant, so it would meet contractual requirements.

Drugs can handle things like making the father diabetic. and such as necessary.

Labor shouldn't be a problem either. Again, I imagine that there are substances that can mimic labor, but if not, I'm sure that there are torture techniques that will work.

Delivery won't be any sweat either. Cut 'em open, remove the balloons, and then sew them up.

Research will probably have to be done to deal with things like breast changes, post natal depression and psychosis, and the life long impacts of pregnancy and child delivery.

I saw an episiotomy once. I imagine that cutting the father's anus would work for that one.

If the mother dies, then so does the father.

Not sure how to make the father deal with a miscarriage or still birth yet. I've dealt with the former, but just as a dude. Drugs will probably be the answer.

I'm negotiable. When men face the same risks and impacts of pregnancy and childbirth, they can make those decisions for themselves.

"When we educate young women, and provide them with contraception that best fits their particular needs"

See jeff, I have no problem whatso ever educating young people about sex and its risks and dangers, as long as that education is, as you point out, age appropriate and given to both genders.(I see no reason for an 8 year old to be given this information for example).

Where my problem lies is with the second part of your statement; we PROVIDE them with contraception. Why should "WE" provide them with anything? Why should their PARENTS not provide this to them? This is my nagg about your approach;

From your perspective, this is my choice; I can agree to pay for contraceptives for people, male and female is what I presume you mean, and not just for women, or I have to accept that if a child is created then I get to pay for that. If I did not produce the child, then why should I pay for it, and if I did not get any of the fun of the sexual act, again why should I pay for that?

Another problem I have with your argument is you paint the woman as a victim. If she took part willingly in the act, how is she a victim? You see no role in this child for the father either, the only person the birth or death of this child would effect from your perspective is the would be mother. The only person who has any say in birth or death is also the mother; Newsflash, it takes two people to make a baby. 50% of that child was produced by the father, ergo should he not have some degree of say in if it lives or dies?

You also say the father has no pain, I agree not physical pain, but should the mother decide to keep the baby, she can keep it out of his life (by law), take his money to pay for the child, (by law) and live a comfortable life at his expense; that can be a very expensive night of passion which he gets to pay for for the rest of his life. Not only is that a finacial pain, but from some "banned" fathers I know a very painful emotional cost as well.

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

Perry, honey....time to go home. You've disgraced yourself and our state too many damn times. And my man? The day that you can carry a child to term, deliver it and raise it on your own? Then we can talk. In the meantime, my advice would be to RETURN TEACHING BIRTH CONTROL AND THE CONSEQUENCES to our kids. I taught mine at home as should be. However, some don't. Wanna stop the high number of abortions? Condoms....birth control......PLANNED PARENTHOOD! You can't have it all, Governor! Abstinence....hah! You probably wouldn't be here today if that goofyas* idea worked!